{"id":40899,"date":"2025-01-27T18:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=40899"},"modified":"2025-01-27T18:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:25:06","slug":"mackerel-sky-and-mares-tails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/01\/27\/mackerel-sky-and-mares-tails\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackerel Sky and Mares&#8217; Tails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-0.mp3\">Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-0.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-0.mp4\">Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-0.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-I.mp3\">Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-I.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-I.mp4\">Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-I.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-intro.mp3\">Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nMackerel sky and mares&#8217; tails<br \/>\nA warning that seldom fails<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHave you noticed<br \/>\nAny signs<br \/>\nTry to focus<br \/>\nFeel what the gut finds<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWhen smoke descends&#8230;<br \/>\nGood weather ends<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMackerel sky and mares&#8217; tails<br \/>\nA warning that seldom fails<br \/>\nLook up to the sky<br \/>\nTo find the answers to why<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWarning signs all around<br \/>\nJust look (Look!) what can be found<br \/>\nTime to sound the alarm<br \/>\nOf the incoming harm<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWhen smoke descends&#8230;<br \/>\nGood weather ends<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMackerel sky and mares&#8217; tails<br \/>\nA warning that seldom fails<br \/>\nLook up to the sky<br \/>\nTo find the answers to why<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nWhen smoke descends&#8230;<br \/>\nGood weather ends<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nThere are many traditional weather proverbs and sayings, similar to <em>&#8220;Red sky at morning, sailors take warning,&#8221;<\/em> that have been passed down through generations based on observations of natural phenomena. Some other weather-related warnings include:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sky and Cloud-Based Sayings:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Mackerel sky and mares&#8217; tails make tall ships carry low sails.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A &#8220;mackerel sky&#8221; (altocumulus clouds) and wispy cirrus clouds (&#8220;mares&#8217; tails&#8221;) often indicate an approaching weather front, signaling worsening weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;If the moon has a halo, rain or snow will follow.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A halo around the moon is caused by ice crystals in high cirrus clouds, often preceding a storm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Evening red and morning gray, sets the traveler on his way; evening gray and morning red, brings down rain upon his head.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A red evening sky suggests fair weather, but a red morning sky can indicate an approaching storm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rain before seven, clear by eleven.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Light rain in the early morning often clears up by midday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Animal Behavior-Based Sayings:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;When cows lie down, rain is coming soon.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows are thought to sense falling pressure and lie down to keep a dry spot on the grass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Birds flying low, expect rain and a blow.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Birds tend to fly lower before storms due to changes in air pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;When spiders weave their webs thick and tight, the weather will be fair and bright; when webs are wet with morning dew, the weather will soon change too.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Spiders adjust their web-spinning habits based on humidity and atmospheric pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Temperature and Wind-Based Sayings:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;When the wind is out of the west, the weather is always best.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A prevailing westerly wind in many regions often brings fair weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;A sudden chill brings water in a rill.&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A rapid temperature drop can indicate approaching precipitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;When smoke descends, good weather ends.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoke rising straight up indicates stable air, while falling smoke suggests low pressure and potential rain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These sayings are rooted in empirical observations and local weather patterns, but with modern meteorology, they are often considered anecdotal rather than scientifically reliable.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/red-sky-at-morning\/\">Red Sky at Morning<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-0.mp3 Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-0.mp4 Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-I.mp3 Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-I.mp4 Mackerel-Sky-and-Mares-Tails-intro.mp3 [Intro] Mackerel sky and mares&#8217; tails A warning that seldom fails [Verse 1] Have you noticed Any signs Try to focus Feel what the gut finds [Bridge] When smoke descends&#8230; Good weather ends [Chorus] Mackerel sky and mares&#8217; tails A warning that seldom fails Look up to the sky To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,3955],"tags":[546,563,4091],"class_list":["post-40899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-red-sky-at-morning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40911,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40899\/revisions\/40911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}